The One World competition was established as a biennial, international prize in late 2007 by Joseph Wilhelm -- a German organic pioneer and co-founder of Germany’s Rapunzel Naturkost Co., a leading cultivator and producer of organic food products -- to recognize individuals and sponsor projects that ecologically, economically and socially epitomize globalization’s most positive features and possibilities. The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is cosponsoring the competition.A press release issued by Rapunzel Naturkost on Thursday noted Ananias’ accomplishment in opening the first all-organic health food store and restaurant in Turkey 10 years ago, which evolved in time into the Buğday Association for the Support of Ecological Living (Buğday). Born to a Chilean father and Turkish mother in Germany, Ananias moved to Bodrum with his family at age 6 to live a self-sustainable life of organic farming. In 2000 he became the first Turk to receive a fellowship from Ashoka, a global organization supporting social entrepreneurs who “provide innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems.”
Buğday’s mission is to “create awareness of and sensitivity to ecological living in both individuals and in society as a whole and to offer solutions to the problems which arise with irrevocable consequences from the speed and manner in which the ecological balance is being disturbed.”
The other finalists are: Herald Schutzeichel, founder of the Solar Energy Foundation in Ethiopia; Anil Rana, founder of the Janhit Foundation in India; Lal Emmanuel, founder of Sri Lanka’s Nagenahiru Foundation, and Master Sheng Lyun.
The first-place winner will receive a cash prize of 25,000 euros, while each of the four runner-ups will be awarded 2,000 euros. The winner will be announced on June 19 at the 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress in Modena, Italy.
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